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“We go, Colorado!” he said. “We
go, my son, to new worlds, to a new life. May
a blessing be upon them, as my heart feels there will
be. Behold, my friend, the ways of God, very
wonderful to men of the sea. I come up this river,
with what thoughts in my heart? Partly of curiosity,
that I see the place where my mother, long dead, was
born, came to her womanhood; partly of tenderness
for her memory, regard for her wish; partly, also,
for anger at the villain brother, my uncle, and desire
for revenge, for my rights. I come, and I find—­a
child! A brother for my present life, a son for
my age, a friend for my heart! Living upon the
sea, Colorado, a man has much time for thought; the
sea speaks to him, the sky, the wind and wave.
What is the word they say, each and every one, in
the ear of the sailor? ‘Glory to God!’
That is it, my son. Let us give thanks, and begin
with joy our new life together!”

Down the river! The banks fade into shadow, the
breeze sinks away, but still the tide flows free,
and the schooner slips along like a spirit. Now
comes up the white fog, the fog out of which she came
gliding that first morning; and it receives her as
a bride, and folds her in its arms, and she melts
into the whiteness and is gone. Was it all a dream?
Or does there still come back to us, faintly borne,
sweetly ringing, the song of the sailors?

[Music]

For-ev-er and for-ev-er I—­o,
For-ev-er and for-ev-er boys, A long
time a-go.

[Illustration]

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